Location-Gallery

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A cicada with clear, dark veined wings resting on the corner where cream colored siding trim meets red brick on the outside of a house, with a small gap visible in the trim.

During a visit to a McKinney home, our tech found a cicada resting where the exterior siding trim meets the brick. The cicada itself poses little risk to the house, but it sat beside a small gap in the trim corner, the kind of opening other bugs use to get indoors. The tech flagged the … Read more

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A small green praying mantis perched on a weathered brown wooden fence post in front of white siding, with a thin strand of spider web on the wood.

While on a spider control visit in Princeton, our tech spotted this young green praying mantis on a wooden fence post. Praying mantises are beneficial insects that hunt crickets, moths and flies, so the tech left it in place. The service focused on spiders and other nuisance pests around the home’s exterior.

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A black widow spider with red spots on its round black abdomen crawling on a weathered tan brick wall.

This black widow spider was found on the exterior brick wall of a home in McKinney, TX. Its glossy black body and red markings make it easy to identify. Black widows often hide near foundations and wall gaps, so homeowners who spot one should avoid touching it and have the area inspected by Pest Me … Read more

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Close up of a house fly with clear veined wings and a bronze and dark gray body resting on a light gray surface.

This close up shows a house fly found at a home in Frisco, TX, with its clear veined wings and bronze body in sharp view. House flies usually get indoors through gaps around doors, windows and screens. Our tech checked the home for those entry points so the family can keep flies outside.

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A dark bee with a pale band resting on bright yellow plume celosia flowers among green leaves, with wood mulch in the background.

Our tech photographed this bee feeding on yellow celosia in a flower bed during an exclusion visit in the DFW area. No gap or entry point is visible in this photo, just a pollinator doing its job in the garden. Exclusion work focuses on sealing openings on the house itself so bees, rodents and other … Read more

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A bobcat sitting on a green front lawn beside a large tree trunk, in front of a red brick house with a white framed window and a rounded shrub.

This bobcat was spotted sitting on the front lawn of a brick home in McKinney, just steps from the house and its landscaping. Bobcats do wander through North Texas neighborhoods, especially where cover and small prey are easy to find. If wildlife is showing up around your home, Pest Me Off can help you understand … Read more

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An orb weaver spider with a round, tan abdomen and banded legs sitting in its web in the corner under a house eave.

Our tech found this orb weaver spider building its web in a sheltered corner under the eave of a McKinney home. Orb weavers favor rooflines and porch corners where webs stay out of the wind. We handled the spider and its web as part of the visit.

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Gloved technician using a hand bulb duster to apply dust into a round utility opening in a white brick exterior wall beside green grass.

Our technician applied dust into a utility penetration on the brick exterior of this Princeton home. Openings where lines enter the wall lead into hidden voids that roaches, ants and spiders use to travel indoors. Dusting the opening places treatment right where those insects move.

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Four wooden Victor rat snap traps with yellow triggers set in dry oak leaves and soil beside concrete pavers and a stained wooden deck, with grass at the top left.

This Plano homeowner had four wooden snap traps set in the leaf litter along the deck, and none of them had caught anything. Rats are neophobic, so they tend to avoid new objects placed in their travel paths, which is why freshly set traps often sit untouched. Pest Me Off reviewed the setup and focused … Read more

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A large brown spider with long hairy legs and a rounded fuzzy abdomen resting on a light gray textured wall.

This large brown spider, which looks like an orb weaver, was resting on a light textured wall at a home in McKinney. Our Pest Me Off tech removed it and treated the areas where spiders hide and build webs to help keep more from moving in this fall.